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r ATLANTA) ... ^-.i popol.tloo. yd h^niM. .. telephone*. Q main lines of railroad*. Ils 0 -**—■— VOL L NO. 87 Atlanta Georgian. Morning Edition. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1906. Morning Edition. * FI VP CENTS. 300 DROWNED; BLOOD'IS SHED TO WIN BOATS Brutal Passengers Stab Women and Children and Turn on Each Other in Madness. Captain Takes Blame and Kills Self. THE RIVAL ORGANS More than 300 persons lost their lives when the Italian vi sel Sirio, which left Genoa, Italy, August 2, with 370 passengers," mostly emigrants, and a crew of 127, struck on the rocks-of Hor- migas Island, two and a half miles off Cape Palos, on the east coast of Spain, Sunday afternoon about 5 o'clock. The ship wns bound for Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, and the passenger list had been augmented by a s short stop nt Barcelona, Spain. When the steamer foundered there were 645 passengers aboard. In order to make up time and shorten the distnnce, the Sirio ran too close to the rocky coast of Ilormigas Island. Captain Gavino, taking full responsibility for the disaster, drew a re volver, sent a bullet into his breast, tossed the weapon overboard and drowned himself. This wns to have been his last voyage, as he had reached the age limit fixed by the ship’s owners! The panic-stricken passengers fought to get possession of life buoys and life boats. Women and children were stnbbed to death by brutal emigrants, and many men—emigrants, members of the crew and officers—were slain by the maddened passen gers. who sought to save themselves by attacking . the loaded ship’s boats. Mothers leaped overboard in a vain effort to save their chil dren, and fourteen fishermen who had come to the rescue wcro drowned by the overturning of one of the trawlers into which a number of the survivors had been drawn. The Austrian consul at Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, gave his life preserver to a woman, who, with her child, was about to drown. Mother, child and consul were rescued. The stokers of the vessel were drowned in the hole of the ship. A monk, while kneeling on the deck praying * for those on board, wns swept to death as the Sirio sank. CAPTAIN TAKES ALL BLAME AND COMMITS SUICIDE By Vrlrntp l.r .’I V.T*v Cartagena, S,min. ' ur. D.--A roll call of the survivors ct the Glrlo wreck showed there were 385 missing, believed, however, a few of these have been picked up by vessels that con tinued on for other ports. The death list, however, will exceed J50. The responsibility. for the wreck Is charged to the dead captain. The ship Intended to stop nt Cadi* before pro-1 ceedlng to Bra*ll nnd to shorten the trip as much ns possible, he tried to pass close to the rocky ledges sur rounding the Hormlgns Islands. Was Hla Last Trip. It waa to have been Captain Oavlno'a laat voyage. He waa 61 years old and had been retired by the steamahlp company because of his age." The cap tain ' who wae to have taken charge of the vessel was 111, nnd Captain Oavlno consented to make one more trip In command. The coast presents a terrible picture. It la, strewn with bodlea and frag ments of the wreck. Broken flahtng boats, bodies nnd wreckage are being constantly washed ashore. Officers Abandoned Ship. According to all Information the loss of life would have been greatly less If the captain nnd officers had only re mained calm. It seems that after the suicide of the captain the offlcera abandoned the ship in order to save themselves without awaiting to fulfill the duties of humanity. . Many persons who were rescued died . after they were brought ashore. Among the saved are a number bearing seri ous Injuries. Some had limbs frac- [ Crowds of Depositors Turned Away by Notice PATRONS PUT IN $4,000,000 IN CASH Officers Refuse to Say Whether or Not Insti tution Has Failed. Dy Frlvnte Leased Wire. Chicago, Aug. 6.—The Milwaukee Avenue State Dank, capitalized $250,000, and which has more than $4,000,000 In deposits, was closed to day for examination, while a great crowd of panic-stricken depositors gathered around * the building and fought for admission. Inside the bank the confusion was almost as great comparatively as the excitement out side. It developed that a warrant has been Issued for. Cashier H. W. Herlng, on the charge of .embezzlement. No statement was given: *out to the plain the closing of the bank except a few words written on a placard and hung upon the door. The placard read The bank has been closed for ex amination." v Theodore Stannland, the vice presi dent of the bank, was willing to an swer questions, but said the offclals of the bank had no formal statement to make. When It was suggested that this attitude would give the inference that the bank had failed, he said: wouldn't say that, but it closed." "What has the hank closed for?" "For examination," skid Mr. Stans land. "We are making an examination of the bank books now." Star shbws where the ill-fated ves sel Sirio struck and foundered. ers were wounded by Was Built In Glasgow. The Sirio was an Iron vessel of 4,141 tons gross, 2,664 under deck and 2,275 net. She was 380 feet long, 42 feet 1 inch beam and 24 feet 9 inches deep. She was built at Glasgow in 3, but had recently been re-rated. Jhe was owned by the Navogaslone General© Italians of Genoa, which owna 105 steamshlpa, the aaine company that runa the Italian line of ateamera to New York. PANIC-STRICKEN EMIGRANTS STAB WOMEN AND BABES Bf Prlrat* Lnwd Wire. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. 6.—With hun dred. of frenzied man battling for pos- """"lon of the boat*, (tabbing and klltr lag men and women and trampling rhlldren to death, the cailtkln dead by hl« own hand when he saw hli ahlp a a* loat, the Italian eteamihlp Sirio went down off Hormlgaa Inland, near Cape Palo*, and more than 160 peraona Krished. The ahlp carried 100 perzons and wa* hound from Genoa and Barcelona for Bueno* Ayres when »he (truck on a reef close to Hormlgas Island. Battl* For Life Boats. Cor half an hour, an awful panic relgnad on the doomed ship*. Fren zied emigrants made a rush for the small boats Into which the women and children were being placed, and then began a terrible battle. The crazed emigrant* dragged the women and children from the boats, "tabbing the women and hurling them aside and-killing officers and member* n f the errw who opposed them. Then the men with the knives fought each other. A fleet of trawlers went to the res cue and the fishermen had to battls *lth the panic-stricken emigrants. Csptaln Kills Himself. Through the swamping of their boata fourteen fishermen were drowned. When he saw his ship wa* lost and that the emigrants had obtained pos session of the wrecked vessel Captain fhtvlno, declaring that It waa his fault, <hew a revolver and aent a bujlet Into his breast. Then he threw the wea pon Into the «ca and leaped after It. The steamship was rufinlnw at full "Peed through a difficult passage when "he struck on the roaf, about 21-2 miles ea»t of Cape Palos. The Instant •he struck the ship began to settle. 8tab Women snd Babes. A terrible scene of confusion fol lowed. The captain and officers tried to maintain order, and the women and children were hurried to the boats. The men forced back the officers and crew, and arrangeinenta were made to save the more helpless ones first. At first the emigrants yielded. Then came a grinding noise, th* ship's bottom evidently slipping along the reef. This sent a thrill of terror through the emigrants, and a crowd rushed for one of the boats, In which women and chil dren had been placed, preparatory to lowering the boat. With, knives In their hands they be gan hauling the women and children out of the boat, stabbing- and slashing. Members of the crew who opposed them were cut down. Forces Rescues With Qun. A fleet of trawlers which was close at hand, hurried to the acene to rescue the survivors. The crew of one Irawl- er started to mutlne, declaring that their vessel would be sunk, but the captain drew a revolver, and leveling It at his meiv shouted: "As long ds It Is possible to take off another passenger we will not movs.” When the deck of the trawler became so crowded that there, waa danger of capsizing, the captain at th* point of bis revolver, forced the frightened peo ple down Into the hold. A large num ber were taken on board th* Vlrenta Llcano, and one old fisherman In a boat saved twelve persons. Flthsrmen Are Drowned. As the fisherman In small boats were trying to take off aa many as possi ble, the frightened emigrants tsted to rush their boat*. They were driven back, but * further settling of the ship IS IIIIUUII1U) BUGGY FOUND IN RIYERJT FERRY Scores Engaged In Dredg ing in Stream Sunday Bodv Not Found. Bp^cial to The Georgia n. Glenwood, Go., Aug. 6.—Although score* of men have been searching In Oconee river, near here, since early Sunday mpmlng, for the body of^ohn Pickling, a prominent saw mill man, who Is supposed to have been drowned Saturday evening, it has not yet been recovered, and some are of the opin ion that he may have met foul play before reaching the strenm. Flckllng was In Glenwood Saturday and left here In the evening In a bug- y to go across the river to spend Sun- lay with relatives. He is said to have been under the influence of whisky when he left. By the time he could reach the ferry. Ferryman Williams would have gone to his home for the night. Buggy Found In River. Sunday morning early a buggy was found In the river at the ferry about 10 feet from the shore. Word waa sent out and a search was instituted. It was learned that Flckllng was missing, never having arrived at the home of his relatives with whom he had plan ned to spend Sunday. A large crowd gathered to aid in the search. Horse Found. During the day the horse was found about a mile away grazing In the swamps, with the harness partly tom off, and it looked mi If it hod been In the water and torn loose from the ve hicle. The river has been dragged for some distance and as yet no trace of the man Is found. Flckllng was about 40 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. He was a resident of this county. It is thought that when the man reached the ferry, and finding no one there, he drove his horse in the river and was drowned. GRINDING AWAY THE 8AMB OLD TUNES. TEAR UP RAILS OF Bit BOY DIES IN AGONY BECAUSE Of FALL A TREE TOP Little Paul Jones Succumbs to Blood A Poisoning. Burial at Fairburn. OO0OOOO00OO0OO00OO0O00OO0O o o O BARK OF DOG DAYS O O STILL HEARD IN LAND. O After having rained nine days In 0 O mj--r'f'j.slun, all '■{ which were real O O dog davs. It appears that the old 0 O superstition Is to be thrown down 0 0 good and hard. If it raDis Mon- 0 O day It will surprise msny folks 0 ho peeked at the heavens during 0 0 the morning, searching for threat- 0 0 enlng Indications. 0 Mr. Marbury continue# to de- 0 0 clare his disbelief In dog days and 0 O his faith la the ascendency of sc!- O Little Paul D. Jones, the 10-year-old son of Rev. K. W. Jones, of Atlanta Heights, fell from a tree lost week and broke both bones in his arm. one of the fractures causing an ugly wound. vu taken to the Wesley Memorial Hospital for treatment, and got along all right until Saturday morning when blood poisoning set In. Nothing could be done to relievo him Sunday morning his* arm was ampu tated, but the Infection had gotten too deep a hold, and the little fellow dUd in terrible agony Sunday afternoon. The remains were carried to Fair- bum, Ga., for funeral services nnd In terment Monday at 12:40 o'clock. * LOVELORN GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE By Private Leased Wire. Cumberland. Md., Aug. 6.—Florence Shipley attempted suicide here by •wallowing poison. She said shA want ed to die because John Demoss, who had been paying her attention, had forsaken her for another. ’ . ,.,-aroi L,,,. i O his faith la the ascendency of scl- O caused another ru»h and several boau 0 ov . r any tmn-footery. O were capei*ed, and fourteen flebenru-n o m ■ look at bin for^ast develops o drowned. On all sides bodies were O th#* follow I eg: fleeting In the weter. O Partly cloudy, with occasional O Many had leaped overboard and O showers Morday night and Tuea- O ‘O day. O Continued on Page Two. OPPORTUNITY Is that Invisible something which at one lime or an other comes knocking at the door of success for every man. ft comes generally .dur ing office hours, and If you are ouL so much the worse for you. It seldom lingers. If your ear Is untrained, or If you happen to bo Indulging In day dreams, you may not hear, for opportunity Is not a persistent visitor. It must be met at least half way. And then ft needs the most Judi cious entertaining. We are dally sending out these little forerunners of opportunity. You may not recognize them, but If you take a look every day at the want columnb of The Geor gian you will come to know them. They are modeat little messengers, but to the busi ness man or woman of keen perception they mean some thing. Thev Do the Work OVATION fOO WILCOX AT FITZGERALD, GA Special to The Georgina. Fitzgerald, tin.; Aug. €.—Iteprenentntln Itfin. Wilcox, ot Irwin county, who Intro •lured nnd lind panned through the leftlnln tun* the Idll rrrntlng the now county of lieu Hill, of which Fitzgerald-In the county neat, wm Ihr recipient of nn ovation UIh urrivnl here Saturday morning. II arrow panted by Ueprezentntlvc Will in un of Ijiwrenee, tue * ** which here t .... ntntlnn to inert Mr. I. Wilcox stepped fmtn the train b« r«l iff» hr sniuf of his fidmlrers and carried on the sloetldors «*f men through the streets while toe tmnd played nnd the crowd yelled. The Idll ••renting the new county carries a nrortston which will keep whisky from bring sold In the county nnd will make Fitzgerald n dry town. It placed the Ilijuor re, the two arriving on tie* train 1 supposed to carry 'Clark Howell L TO OUST TAGGART FI New Petition, Aimed Chairman, Is Being Circulated. at By Private i-.ni.fi wire. Indianapolis, Aug. (.—A brand-new petition that Tom Taggart resign a* Democratic national chairman la being circulated. It will be shown to the chairman as a matter of form, but It I. Intended more particularly for Wil liam J. Bryan. sets forth that the slate has proved Taggart’s ownership nnd par ticipation In th* profit* of the gam bling Joint recently cloeed at hie French Lick Springs hotel, and that Taggart Is utterly unlit to represent the Democratic party as Its chairman. MAN AND FIANCEE DROWNED IN RIVER By Private Leeied Wire. ■Chicago, Aug. I.—Rutherford Callo way and hla fiancee, Mlaa Mlchaetla, were drowned In the Calumet river last night while canoeing. Their craft was caught In a swirling current and whirled around rapidly. The young man was unable to control the canoe. Before help could reach them the canoe was overturned and both occupants dis appeared. 00000000000000000000000000 O WASHINGTON IS HOT; O O MERCURY AT 104. O O By Private Leased Wire. O O Washington, Aug.,«.—Washing- O O ton Is weltering In woefully warm 0 O weather, the temperature reaching O 0 over 100 today. No deaths hare 0 O be.n reported, but a continuation 0 0 of the heat will bring terrible suf- 0 O f.ring here. 0 0OOO000000OO00OO0OOO00OO00 UPPER HOUSE BOYKIN BILL Senate Committee Floors the Wheatley Substitute. COMMITTEE ARRE8TED» 8TRIKE A FAILURE. Ay Private Leased Wire. 8t. Petersburg, Aug. 6.—The central committeo of the Social Democrat*, one of the organizations conducting the present strike, was arrested today. Following the imprisonment of thin committee It wan announced that no far an St. Petersburg Is concerned the strike Is a failure. The strikers are now looking to Warsaw nnd Moscow for ass|r«tanco In their efforts to tie up the empire. NOT SO SWEEPING IN REQUIREMENTS 75,000 RU88 WORKMEN ARE NOW ON 8TRIKE. fly Private Leased Wire. St. Petersburg, Aug. 6.—Noon.— With 75,000 workmen on strike in St. Petersburg nnd disquieting reports from many polntH In the province*, the situation In Russia today Is more criti cal than at any time since the dis solution of the dnuma. So far the strike In this city has been extremely orderly, but the government has taken every precaution to make It Every public building Is under heavy guard, each railway station un der protection of the troops, the river H patrolled by armed boats and to all Intents and purposes the town Is under military rule. Strike Leader* Arreeted. Up to this writing about 250 arrests of strike leaders have been made* mostly of men who Insisted upon Wheatley’s Measure Per mits Legitimate Ex changes to Remain. At the meeting of the senate com mittee on agriculture Monday after noon, tho Wheatley substitute to tbe Boykin anti-bucket shop bill was rec ommended. This substitute Is In a large meas ure similar to the Anderson substitute offered In the house, and. which wns killed. It draws a distinction betw bucket ahopa and legitimate cotton ex changes. The substitute will be reported to the eenete during thla week, and the opinion prevalli that It will paaa In the upper house. NEGROES EXPLOIT JOHNSON LYNCHING gpeefsl to The Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 1—The fact that B. I. Hutchins and K. W. Parden, the two negro lawytre who carried the case of Ed Johnson, the negro who was lynched here after hav ing been convicted of criminal aaaault, to the United Btatea supreme court, are touring the North on the lecture platform exploiting tbe now famous case has created a great deal of com ment In thla city and all over the South. Parden and Hutchins began their lecture tour In Cincinnati about two months ago and they have been lec turing to the negroes and many whites In the North. These negroes are also selling a book, on the side which claims to give a true history of the case and some thing of the condition of the negro race In the South. Continued on Page Two. NEGRO SHOT DOWN BY TWO OFFICERS Slayer of Social Circle Po liceman Meets Death in Pistol Battle. orglmi Special to Tb Social Circle, Ga., Thomas, a desperate n« who ehot Policeman . twelve years ngo, was j here today at 12:35 p ft Mark Riley and Bailiff while defying arras Th* the first bullet, Ilreman Riley's 1 were fired, all negro died In al Tho negroes trouble Is feare< There were fo scene, and the not hold An inqi The negro wa dver and sal< him. ?. 6—Clay 0 character, lemon here t and killed y Policeman l>. Bunion, negro fired birh nt through Po- >at. Four or five nhots '•king effect, and the >ut fivp minutes, ire alarmed, but no r eye-witnensen to the ’ •toner will probably carrying a large re- no one could arrest PURE FOOD BILL PASSES THE HOUSE Seventy Thousand Workmen Are on Strike. LEADERS ARRESTED; PEASANTS KILLED Military Revolt Is Being Planned to Aid Rank and File. fly Private Leaded Wire. SL Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 6.—It Is reported that strikers are tearing up the tracks of the Cynov railway. 50,000 MEN STRIKE IN THE MINING REGION. fly Private Loaned Wire. London, Aug. 6.—A dispatch to a newspaper from Lugansk, province of Ekaterlnoaky, says a general strike has been declared there and twelve hundred miners have stopped work. At least f.0,000 men are out now In the Donet* basin mining region. POLICE ARE ARRESTING ALL TRADE8 UNION8. fly Private Leaned Wire. V Moscow, Aug. 6.—The police are ar resting members of all the central com mittees of tho trades unions here as fast as they can be located. There waa a strike on the Kazan railway this morning and trains stopped running for tho greater part of the day.